A stalled revolution? What can we learn from women’s drop-out to part-time jobs: A comparative analysis of Germany and the UK

Dieckhoff, Martina; Gash, Vanessa; Mertens, Antje; Gordo, Laura Romeu

doi:10.1016/j.rssm.2016.09.001

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“…These findings are of particular relevance for scholars studying the gender revolution in European societies, which at this point is considered incomplete despite the extension of work-family policies (Dieckhoff, Gash, Mertens, & Gordo, 2016;Goldscheider et al, 2015;Sayer, 2010). The analytic approach developed in this article highlights the fact that the work-family policy setting needs to support joint spheres in both domains, earning and caring, to effectively promote the completion of the gender revolution.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 86%

Gender Ideologies in Europe: A Multidimensional Framework

Grunow

Begall

Buchler

2018

J of Marriage and Family

220

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The authors argue, in line with recent research, that operationalizing gender ideology as a unidimensional construct ranging from traditional to egalitarian is problematic and propose an alternative framework that takes the multidimensionality of gender ideologies into account. Using latent class analysis, they operationalize their gender ideology framework based on data from the 2008 European Values Study, of which eight European countries reflecting the spectrum of current work–family policies were selected. The authors examine the form in which gender ideologies cluster in the various countries. Five ideology profiles were identified: egalitarian, egalitarian essentialism, intensive parenting, moderate traditional, and traditional. The five ideology profiles were found in all countries, but with pronounced variation in size. Ideologies mixing gender essentialist and egalitarian views appear to have replaced traditional ideologies, even in countries offering some institutional support for gendered separate spheres.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 86%

Gender Ideologies in Europe: A Multidimensional Framework

Grunow

Begall

Buchler

2018

J of Marriage and Family

220

191

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“…These roles remain highly influential drivers of employment decisions for couples, especially those who are transitioning to parenthood (e.g., Kuehhirt 2012). Although male and female careers have become more and more equitable during the past few decades, a more traditional division of labor within couples often prevails after the first child is born, thus following the normative image of the male-breadwinner model (Dechant and Blossfeld 2015;Dieckhoff et al 2016;Trappe et al 2015). Research on the gendered division of labor confirms that women are still predominantly responsible for care and household tasks (Dechant and Blossfeld 2015).…”

Section: The German Casementioning

confidence: 99%

Women in the German Workplace: What Facilitates or Constrains Their Claims-Making for Career Advancement?

Luekemann

Abendroth

2018

Social Sciences

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To contribute to the understanding of gender inequalities within the workplace, this article explored gender differences in claims-making for career advancement and how they depend on workplace contexts based on unique German linked employer–employee data. Applying organizational fixed-effects models, we found that women were less likely than men to make claims, especially when they had children, and that this was related to their working fewer hours. The gender gap in claims-making further depended on workplace characteristics that influenced women’s ability and their feeling of deservingness to work in more demanding positions. Although claims by mothers’ increased in work–life supportive workplaces, highly demanding workplace cultures seemed to hinder women’s attempts to negotiate for career advancement. Thus, the dominance of the ideal worker norm was a relevant driver for the gender gap in claims-making. Whereas this gap in making claims was found to be only partially related to the workplace gender structure, the formalization of human resource practices, such as performance-based evaluations in the workplace, fostered mothers’ claims-making, indicating that these evaluations were used to legitimize their claims in the workplace.

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“…Women in households with large partner pay gaps are more likely to decrease their workingtime or to leave paid employment altogether (Dieckhoff et al 2016;Shafer 2011), which in turn expose women and children to poverty risk in instances of relationship dissolution (Gadalla 2008;Holden 1991). While there is a considerable literature on the sources and consequences of income and employment inequalities across households, the literature which examines inequality dynamics within households -especially in dual-earner households -is still comparatively scant.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%